A Dash of Boulder

A Dash of Boulder

In the Dungeon of Doom, you encounter a hallway blocked by a huge boulder. You push and push and push, but eventually reach a dead end, at which point you have to just turn around and leave.

You'll always wonder what was at the end of that corridor.

You gain 21 Beefiness.

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Occurs at The Dungeons of Doom.

References

• The adventure title and text refers to the video game Boulder Dash, in which your character pushed boulders around. It also may refer to the common exclamation "Balderdash!"
• This adventure also references a common situation in NetHack. Pushing boulders often blocks corridors. If the player pushes a boulder into a corner or dead end, they are difficult to push back out, and anything underneath or beyond the boulder's position becomes somewhat inaccessible.
• In addition, pushing boulders in NetHack can cause a player's Strength score to increase.
• Technically, an apostrophe does not represent a boulder in NetHack; a grave accent (`) does, while an apostrophe represents a golem.